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Cenote

AI agents for conversational commerce

Cenote helps online D2C brands convert more shoppers through AI sales reps that can call and text. Online stores rely on static websites, one-way email and SMS campaigns, and inside sales teams with limited availability. But many purchases are better suited to a conversation: shoppers have questions, need guidance, or simply are not excited to buy based on what's on the site alone. Today, those shoppers are poorly served. Abandoned-checkout campaigns are generic, call centers close, and slow human follow-up allows high-intent leads to go cold. Our customers often see conversion rates below 1% from traditional abandoned-checkout outreach. Cenote's AI reps reach shoppers immediately, remember their context, and continue the conversation across channels and over time. This gives every interested shopper access to a personalized sales rep and helps brands recover revenue from leads they have already paid to acquire.
Active Founders
Kofi Ansong
Kofi Ansong
Founder
Ex Google, Promise (YC 2018). Yale University Computer Science 2021.
Kristy Gao
Kristy Gao
Founder
Ex Google, PayPal, Watershed. University of Waterloo Computer Science 2022.
Company Launches
CENOTE - Sales Agents For Digital Health Clinics
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TL;DR

Telehealth clinics spend hundreds of thousands on ads but convert only a fraction of the patients who visit their site.

Buying GLP-1s, TRT, or other treatments is a high-stakes decision, yet most patients are left alone with a website.

Cenote provides AI sales agents that instantly reach out, answer questions, and guide patients through the purchase, helping clinics grow revenue and patients buy with confidence.

Problem

Telehealth customer acquisition is extremely expensive.

Clinics often pay hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars per lead, yet most visitors never convert.

After spending heavily to acquire demand, clinics rely on two imperfect tools:

  • marketing automations with low engagement
  • human reps who can’t scale coverage or response time

The result is lost revenue for clinics and confusing shopping experiences for patients making complex medical decisions.

Insight

High-consideration healthcare purchases shouldn’t be self-serve websites, they should be guided experiences.

Patients don’t abandon because they aren’t interested, they abandon because they have questions, uncertainty, or timing issues.

In the offline world, these purchases would involve a knowledgeable guide.
Online, that layer has been missing.

We believe a new default is emerging: instead of navigating complex decisions alone, every buyer will have an intelligent concierge helping them evaluate, decide, and act.

Solution

Cenote gives every lead a personalized, persistent sales experience.

Our agents:

  • reach out instantly via call and text
  • answer questions and qualify needs
  • follow up over days or weeks as patients decide
  • support use cases like abandoned carts, failed payments, and win-backs

Every lead gets the experience of a dedicated care guide.

The Impact

Clinics using Cenote see:

  • significantly higher conversion on existing traffic - for one clinic our agent converted at 2x the rate of a human rep
  • better patient experiences

Instead of losing demand, they capture it.

Why now

AI can now hold natural, helpful conversations at scale.

For the first time, it’s possible to give every patient a guided buying experience, something previously only available to the highest-touch businesses.

The ask

We’re looking to speak with:

• Telehealth operators spending heavily on acquisition
• Patients who recently considered an online health purchase

If that’s you (or someone you know), we’d love to talk.

We’d love your help!

Previous Launches
Cenote eliminates administrative bottlenecks that slow down revenue.
Cenote
Founded:2024
Batch:Winter 2025
Team Size:2
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco